• invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    There are a huge amount of people who actually think like this though. I was having a conversation with a co-worker who came from Moldova the other day and they literally said that Cuba has good healthcare, but you can't get a Subaru there as if this were equal.

    When I brought up the embargo they didn't even know it existed.

    • Mrtryfe [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      Yeah I think many people still can't grasp the dizzying interconnectedness of globalization and imperialistic supply chains. Marketing and propaganda apparatuses are also global, which means it's a fuck when people from a place like Moldova can espouse support for something like healthcare and lament about commodities in the same sentence without examining in any depth why this is the case

      • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        They consider themselves a libertarian, but also said that insurance is bad and debt is bad and "we should solve those problems by having something that everyone pays into that takes care of you if you get hurt or sick".

            • Mrtryfe [none/use name]
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              3 years ago

              :funny-clown-hammer:

              Man libertarianism really is just the philosophical equivalent of thousands of shards of glass lying around

              • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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                3 years ago

                It's just the default for anyone who realizes the system is fucked. The situation is compounded by the fact that apparently Russians are racist against Moldovans and the Red Army conscripted his family members to fight in Afghanistan.

      • starvedhystericnudes [she/her]
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        3 years ago

        The essence of capitalism is myopia, it's a engine of dizzying varied and ecstatic blindnesses more than any sort of economic character.